Cake Pops for Beth Part II

The cake pops were a success! Everyone really loved them {or at least everyone I heard from} and most importantly, Beth really liked them. So I say, Success!

Here are some naked cake pops:

Some naked cake pops and some with clothes on {really glad I opted for a combo of bittersweet and semi-sweet chocolate}:

And a close-up:

I am happy with how they turned out and had I not had so much on my plate I would have done more {I was thinking of putting little bow ties on them or something}, but as it was, they were simple and tasted delish.

A cake pop success!

Cake Pops for Beth Part I

My beautiful friend Beth is doing this amazing thing.
For her birthday she's putting on an art show that combines photography and poetry and is inviting all her friends to come and share in what she's calling: 26 Secrets.
What a fantastic idea and I'm so proud of her. {It's tomorrow night!}

So when she asked me if I'd contribute to the night by bringing something - maybe, possibly cake pops - of course I said YES!

So I hunted around on the interwebs and thought about it because these could not just be any old cake pops. These needed to be classy and artsy and downright delicious.

And then I found it; an old link I had saved in my bookmarks.

Earl Grey Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream


Perfecto!

So I whipped up the cake

And I even used my David's Tea Cream of Earl Grey loose tea. I pondered whether I should grind up the tea or not, but in the end, opted for leaving them as is.

I baked and crumbled up the cake

And then made the most amazing lemon buttercream you've ever tasted. I mean, SO GOOD.

Lemon zest and fresh lemon juice. So. Lemony. *I die*

And then probably the most time consuming part. Mixing and rolling the cake into little "pops".
And I didn't take a picture of that because it was almost midnight and I was tired and Noah had been crying on and off for about an hour.

Tonight I'll be dipping the pops into chocolate and hopefully get to bed at an earlier hour.
Here's hoping!

{And bring on the coffee!}